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👁 Cover of: The Universal conjuror, or, The whole art of legerdemain as practised by the famous Breslaw, Katterfelto, Jonas, Flockton, Comas, and by the greatest adepts in London and Paris: containing a variety of tricks and deceptions with cards, cups, and balls, automaton figures, German puddings, quicksilver, birds, eggs, rings, money, handkerchiefs, watches, &c., never before made public.
First published in 1829
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👁 Cover of: The Great Chinese wizard's hand-book of magic: a manual of experimental magic : containing, also, the latest and best tricks and illusions of the most renowned magicians, conjurors, and prestidigitators of ancient and modern times, including the beautiful and entertaining art of making fireworks.
First published in 1875
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👁 Cover of: The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus laid opened and explained by those renowned masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Alla, and all the celebrated and mysterious professors of the art of natural magic: with full instructions how to perform the various tricks on cards, dice, birds, eggs, rings, &c.
First published in 1853
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👁 Cover of: The Whole art of hocus pocus: containing the most dexterous feats of slight of hand, performed by Katerfelto, Breslaw, Boaz, &c. &c.
First published in 1812
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👁 Cover of: Whole art of conjuring, or, Hocus pocus.
First published in 1850
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👁 Cover of: Wonderful escapes and daring adventures: comprising authentic narratives of marvellous escapes, daring adventures and perils, and hazards braved by intrepid explorers and travellers in the remotest places of the earth ... in three parts.
First published in 1873
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👁 Cover of: The Young man's book of amusement: containing the most interesting and instructive experiments in various branches of science, to which is added all the popular tricks and changes in cards, and the art of making fire works.
First published in 1839
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👁 Cover of: The Young man's book of amusement: containing the most interesting and instructive experiments in various branches of science, to which is added all the popular tricks and changes in cards, and the art of making fire works.
First published in 1854
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👁 Cover of: More than sixty conjuring tricks for the amateur conjurer.
First published in 1880
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👁 Cover of: Tricks and traps of America, or, Swindlers, quacks, humbugs, and rascels [sic] exposed: an exposition of all the various cheats, swindles, impositions, humbugs, etc. of the present day : also contains several legitimate schemes that can be used to good profit by any person.
First published in 1880
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👁 Cover of: The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus in perfection: being a curious selection of diverting secrets and experiments in the arts of conjuration and slight of hand, performed in different parts of Europe and in London, by the most celebrated professors in natural magic and legerdemain, including the newest discoveries : to which is added, the real secret to make and fill an air balloon, and the art of making fire-works.
First published in 1809
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Magic tricks, Tricks, Scientific recreations, Juvenile literature, Biography, Occultism, Spiritualism, Clairvoyance, Experiments, Hypnotism, Science, Card tricks, Fireworks, Fortune-telling, Handbooks, manuals, Mediums, Mesmerism, Amusements, Early works to 1800, Magicians, Animal training, Conduct of life, English wit and humor, Medieval Science, OccultistsPeople
Harry Houdini (1874-1926), Roger Bacon (1214?-1294), Thomas Bungay (active 1290), Catherine Fox Jencken (1836-1892), El-Wardo De Willis, Ira Erastus Davenport (1839-1911), John Metcalf (1717-1810), Margaret Fox (1833-1893), Russell the Magician, Will Goldston (1877-1948), William Henry Davenport (1841-1877)My Reading Lists:
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